Case Details

- Case Details:

Case Number:

2026-00043

Case Status:

Open

Utility/Industry Type :

Electric

Utility/Industry Subtype :

Transmission and Distribution Utilities (T and Ds)

Case Type :

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL

Case Subtype :

RATE CHANGE - 307

Pertaining to Utility/Company :

CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY

Case Title :

REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF DISTRIBUTION RATE CHANGE PURSUANT TO 35-A M.R.S. SECTION 307 PERTAINING TO CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY

Initiating Filer :

CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY

Case Start Date :

2/17/2026

Assigned Staff :

Amy.Olfene,
Dale.Coty,
Derek.D.Davidson,
Erin.Beaze,
Ethan.Grumstrup,
Kerri.A.Dill,
Lucretia.Smith,
Nicholas.Brooke,
Nora.Healy,
Sally.Zeh,
Michael.R.Johnson,
Michael.Simmons,
amy.mills,
kerri.dill,
Jameson.McBride,
Briana.Littlefield

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Filings (157) Data Requests (10)Public Comments (313) Active Party and Notification List (108) Assigned Staff (16)

Item No.	Date Filed	Description Of Filing	Filing Party	Filed By	No of Attachments	Deleted Filings
157	8/7/2026	Procedural Order (Technical Conference Time Estimates - Remote Participation)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
156	8/7/2026	Protective Order No. 10 (ICBI)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
155	8/6/2026	CMP Request for Expedited Procedural Schedule	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	CMP Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	1
154	8/6/2026	CMP Request for Protective Order 10	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	CMP Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	2
153	8/6/2026	Office of the Public Advocate's Request for Remote Participation	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	PUBLIC ADVOCATE, MAINE OFFICE OF THE	1
152	8/3/2026	Procedural Order (Discovery Conference)	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	COMMISSION STAFF, CMS	1
151	8/3/2026	Request for Remote Participation in Technical Conference	Cook, Meredith K.	Cook, Meredith K.	1
150	8/3/2026	CMP Request for Expedited Discovery Conference	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	CMP Regulatory Administration, Debra Mills Y	1
149	7/31/2026	CMPRU's Rule 26(g)(1) Request for Discovery Conference	Cook, Meredith K.	Cook, Meredith K.	1
148	7/30/2026	Office of the Public Advocate's Corrected Exhibit	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	PUBLIC ADVOCATE, MAINE OFFICE OF THE	2

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Posted By	Posted Date	Comments	Attachment(s)
Mia Shaw 40 Caribou Rd, Presque Isle ME, 04769 Email ID: shawnova0507@gmail.com	8/8/2026	My name is Mia Shaw, and I have been a Maine resident for my entire adult life. I am writing on behalf of myself as well as JustME for JustUS, a nonprofit that aims to encourage youth civic engagement and improve living for as many Maine residents as possible. Though I am not a customer of CMP myself, my connections with people across the state has led me to hearing multiple concerns that the rate hike will have a negative effect on the quality of life of many families and communities. The basic cost of living in Maine is already difficult to bear for many households without a sudden, surprise increase in their power bill. CMP's rate increase benefits nobody but an already wealthy corporation and jeopardizes the wellbeing of thousands of Maine residents. On the behalf of myself, JustME for JustUS, and thousands of families in Maine, I urge you to reject CMP's rate hike proposal.
Mia Shaw 40 Caribou Rd, Presque Isle ME, 04769 Email ID: shawnova0507@gmail.com	8/8/2026	My name is Mia Shaw, and I have been a Maine resident for my entire adult life. I am writing on behalf of myself as well as JustME for JustUS, a nonprofit that aims to encourage youth civic engagement and improve living for as many Maine residents as possible. Though I am not a customer of CMP myself, my connections with people across the state has led me to hearing multiple concerns that the rate hike will have a negative effect on the quality of life of many families and communities. The basic cost of living in Maine is already difficult to bear for many households without a sudden, surprise increase in their power bill. CMP's rate increase benefits nobody but an already wealthy corporation and jeopardizes the wellbeing of thousands of Maine residents. On the behalf of myself, JustME for JustUS, and thousands of families in Maine, I urge you to reject CMP's rate hike proposal.
David Brewer JustME for JustUS 193 Main Street, Orono, ME	8/6/2026	My name is David Brewer, I am a Rural Youth Organizer at JustME for JustUS, and I strongly oppose CMP's proposed rate hike. JMJU promotes the accessibility of sustainable infrastructure for everyday Mainers. CMP's proposed rate hike, combined with the fact that CMP profits are continuously flowing overseas, increases the difficulty of decarbonizing our future. If CMP wants to invest, it should do so from its offshored profits- not our pockets. I urge you to reject the right hike proposal on behalf of JMJU.
Richy Ainsworth 428 Knights Hill Road Email ID: richy.ainworth@gmail.com Phone No.: 6096354415	8/6/2026	In the four years that I have been a CMP customer, we have already seen a 50.80% increase in supply costs to deliver our electricity. I unfortunately can only view my detailed energy usage through January of 2024, as CMP has been unable to provide detailed usage through the energy manager account which they claim to be due to internal programming issues. In January 2024, my service charge cost $21.91 and the cost to deliver 1 kWh of energy was $0.090499 For June 2026 this is $30.21 and $0.136474 respectively. Equivalent to a 37.88% increase in service charge and a 50.80% increase in costs to deliver my electricity. I've not seen anything that is justifying this increase the past 2.5 years. Worse than that, I now know that 14.2 cents of every dollar of my bill goes entirely to profit!?! It just doesn't make sense to me that these utilities are legally allowed to have guaranteed income at this level, don't improve customer experience and still somehow think it's ok to ask for more of a profit? As a specific example our February CMP bill this year was $739.69. That is 10.24% of our monthly household earnings and 13.85% of our take home pay. It doesn't feel right that CMP is allowed to make so much return on investment. I've heard that it's not possible to attract investment with less than the 9-10% return on investment that CMP are currently allowed and I'm not an economist but this doesn't seem to make sense given it is a captive market and I can't choose a competitor to CMP. Also this argument doesn't seem to stack up when you look at Iberdrola's other utility companies. I'm origonaly from Scotland and CMP and Scottish Power have the same parent company, Iberdrola. Scottish Powers' ROI is in the region of 5-7% (currently) and if I don't like it there are several other options. As a young family better off that lots of others, if we are struggling how are others meant to cope while CMP asks for a further increase on top of what already seems excessive.
Ana Valenzuela JustME for JustUS 24 Woodland Hts Bucksport ME Email ID: anavalenzu3la@gmail.com	8/5/2026	As a 17 year old rural organizer through JustME for JustUS in Hancock/Penobscot counties, I strongly condemn CMP's proposed rate hike. JMJU upholds our stance that young people in Maine deserve affordable and accessible utilities in order to thrive in the underrepresented communities they come from. Being based in Bucksport, my community has long struggled economically, and has voiced growing concern for these rate hikes. Our town is almost entirely reliant on CMP for their energy needs, and what may seem like a small increase can be the difference between what shoes someone buys their child for the new school year. We ALL deserve better. I urge you to reject this hike proposal on behalf of JMJU, and the struggling youth building futures in Maine.
Sue Inches 346 Royal Road North Yarmouth, ME 04097 Email ID: sueinches@gail.com Phone No.: 207-4215-5891	8/5/2026	I urge you to oppose a rate hike for CMP. The current proposal would raise their profit margin to 9% which is extraordinarily high for a no-risk monopoly. Our electric grid does need upgrades and improvements. But rather than raise rates and put the burden on ratepayers, the PUC needs to think critically about the best ways to finance the needed investments. Being a no-risk monopoly, CMP ought be be able to get low interest rates on debt financing. CMP is also part of a Iberdrola, a multinational corporation. In approving Iberdrola's recent acquisition of Avangrid, I believe one of the supporting arguments was that the parent company Iberdrola could bring new capital to CMP. Have we seen any of that capital? Rather than raise rates, I would like to see the PUC evaluate broader financing for grid improvements and direct CMP on how to finance them. Thank you.
clifford Krolick Back Country Excursions of Maine,LLC 42 Woodward Road Parsonsfield, Me 04047 Email ID: b.countrycliff@icloud.com Phone No.: 207-229-9651	8/4/2026	Time to say no to another rate hike. Before privateitzation of our electricity it was rare to see rate hikes every year or for that matter twice a year. Rates are already some of the highest in the nation. NO HIKES
Susan Levene 83 Captain Perry Drive, Phippsburg, ME Email ID: suelevene@gmail.com	8/4/2026	The public utility of electricity should not be a vehicle for foreign corporations to fleece the residents of Maine. IT should be more affordable to the rate payers than if it was run as co-operative owned by the ratepayers of Maine. No corporate profits should leave our state. Stop increasing rates, and help Mainers afford to live here.
Christy Stout 134 Birch Point Dedham, ME 04429 Email ID: clsmaine@gmail.com Phone No.: 2072995521	8/3/2026	Please do not approve any additional rate hikes for CMP electricity. The rate hikes over the last 5-10 years are barely affordable as it is. Additionally, CMP profits of 14+% should be sufficient for them. Please do not approve this price hike.
Harris Plaisted Pittston Maine Email ID: harris.plaisted@gmail.com	7/31/2026	I urge the Commission to reject CMP's request in Docket No. 2026-00043 in full. Do not trim it, phase it in, or approve a smaller version. Vote no. CMP has received increase after increase while customers keep hearing the same promises: better reliability, more tree trimming, improved service, and lower costs later. Yet the same problems return in the next case as justification for taking even more money. Ratepayers should not keep paying for improvements that never materialize. This request is especially unacceptable because customers are still waiting for refunds from years of excessive transmission charges. Federal regulators found those returns unjust and unreasonable, and Maine customers may be owed roughly $150 million. The utilities then obtained a delay until May 2027. When customers owe CMP, payment is expected immediately. When utilities owe customers, they get more time. The Commission should stop treating these cases as negotiations over how much of CMP's demand it will approve. CMP asks for an enormous increase, the number is reduced, and the result is presented as a compromise. It is not a compromise. It is still more money taken from people who cannot choose another utility. The burden belongs entirely on CMP, and the starting point should be zero. CMP must account for the money it already collects, prove what prior increases accomplished, and return every dollar customers are owed. CMP is acting like a monopoly that believes it deserves more money simply because it asks. The Commission should not reward that greed. Its job is not to protect CMP's profits or negotiate a slightly smaller burden. Its job is to protect the public from unreasonable demands by a company customers cannot leave. Approving any part of this request would be another failure of oversight. Reject it completely. Make CMP live within its current revenue. Stop converting excessive demands into rate increases. Vote no.

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Notification List Active Party List

Name of Person/Company	Representing Company	Mailing Address	Email/Phone/Fax
Aikin, Kay E		148 Middle St. Suite 1C Portland ME 04101	Email ID: kay.aikin@dynamicgrid.ai Phone Ph: 207-245-4797 Fax:
Albert, Eben M	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	254 Commercial St Portland ME 04101	Email ID: ealbert@pierceatwood.com Phone Ph: 207-791-1282 Fax:
Alexander, Barbara Reid	AARP MAINE	44 Beech Street Hallowell ME 04347	Email ID: barbalexand@gmail.com Phone Ph: 207-458-1049 Fax:
Ancel, Charlotte			Email ID: charlotte.ancel@avangrid.com Phone Fax:
Anderson III, Alf	AARP MAINE	53 Baxter Blvd Portland ME 04101	Email ID: aanderson@aarp.org Phone Fax:
Beck, Matthew		16 Old Winthrop Road Manchester ME 04351	Email ID: matt@ibew1837.org Phone Ph: 207-623-1030 Fax: Fax: 207-621-8384
Berman, Noah		15 Court Square Ste 1000 Boston MA 02108	Email ID: nberman@acadiacenter.org Phone Ph: 617-742-0054 Extn: 107 Fax:
Berry, Seth	OUR POWER	PO Box 117 Richmond, ME ME 04357	Email ID: seth@ourpowermaine.org Phone Ph: 207-522-1609 Fax:
Berry, Seth	OUR POWER	1245 River Rd Bowdoinham ME 04008	Email ID: bhamberry@gmail.com Phone Ph: 207-522-1609 Fax:
Bickerman, Karen		151 Capitol Street, Suite 1 Augusta ME 04330 6262	Email ID: karen.bickerman@efficiencymaine.com Phone Ph: 207-213-4156 Fax: Fax: 207-213-4153

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Staff Name	Role
Beaze, Erin	Staff Analyst
Brooke, Nicholas	Staff Analyst
Coty, Dale	Support Staff
Davidson, Derek	Reviewer
Dill, Kerri	Support Staff
Dill, Kerri	Support Staff
Grumstrup, Ethan	Staff Analyst
Healy, Nora	Lead Attorney
Johnson, Michael	Staff Analyst
Littlefield, Briana	Staff Analyst

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DR Set ID	Set Description	Issue Date	No. of DR Questions	Propounded Upon	View Questions in Set
ALEN-001	Capital Investment Testimony	6/16/2026	7	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-001	Reconciliation Mechanisms	5/19/2026	1	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-002	Storm cost recovery	5/19/2026	1	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-003	SQIs	5/19/2026	2	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-004	ROE	5/19/2026	8	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-005	Affordability	5/19/2026	3	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-006	Temporary Rates	5/19/2026	7	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CLF-007	Capital Investment	5/19/2026	11	CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY	View Questions
CMP-001	CMP-001 to OPA (Aiken)	7/24/2026	1	OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE	View Questions
CMP-002	CMP-002 to EXM (Bench)	7/28/2026	10	EXM (Advisor)	View Questions